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Home office, with a standing desk at left
and a seated desk at right.

Master bedroom.

All photos © Maxwell MacKenzie Architectural Photographer
The solid elements that punctuate the volumes within the million-year-old ichthyosaur fossil—is inset into the wall, framed
apartment are finished in different materials that express their by the slate as if it were a painting.
distinct natures. Elements that relate to the building’s service core, One of the most impressive features of the apartment is the
for instance, are clad in steel panels. Peripheral concrete columns Japanese spa-style master bathroom. It includes a large soaking
are left exposed, partially to minimize interruptions of the views, tub, the stainless steel lining of which was manufactured off site
but also to emphasize their structural role. A non-structural duct and delivered in two pieces sized to fit in the building’s elevator.
chase, by contrast, is covered in white glass. The party wall running The bathroom floor is made of one-inch-thick impala black granite,
alongside the main dining area is sheathed in four-inch-thick cleft while the walls are of western red cedar and honed absolute black
slate. One of the owner’s most extraordinary possessions—a 180- granite. Another fossil—this one of a flower-like marine animal

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